Ships – Mooring device – Boom type
Patent
1990-07-12
1991-04-23
Basinger, Sherman
Ships
Mooring device
Boom type
114221R, 294 191, B63B 2104
Patent
active
050091816
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus to assist a user in tying a boat to a cleat. The apparatus includes a line having a loop and a pair of spreaders which are independently, slidably mounted thereon. Each spreader has a connection recess to receive an end portion of one of a pair of spaced-apart spreader arms. The spreader arms are attached to one end of an elongated shaft and the other end of the shaft is for grasping by the user. The spreaders hold the loop in an open position for easy placement around the cleat and when the handle is pulled by the user in a direction away from the cleat with a predetermined separation force, with the loop in place around the cleat, the spreaders separate from the spreader arms and the loop is free to assume a closed position around the cleat for tying the boat to the cleat.
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Basinger Sherman
Brahan Thomas J.
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